Sinclair Refining Co. v. Keister

The plaintiff recovered damages for the pollution of the water supply on her premises caused, as she claimed, by leakage of gasoline from storage tanks installed by the defendant on adjacent property. The defendant appeals, contending (1) that the court erred in refusing to admit in evidence certain exhibits which it offered, and (2) that there should have been a directed verdict in its behalf at the conclusion of all the evidence. The first contention is not supported by any valid assignment of error. The ground of the second is that, although there was evidence of a defective storage tank,…